welcome back to the olympic stadium in london where we are three hours away from the opening ceremony which is going to be quite spectacular. several stories caught our attention and several pictures. look at first lady mitt romney who got right into it playing tug of war as part of the "let's move london" event. looking at tom daily and jack lappa posing at olympic park. and finally a cultural prez presentation, and this is what is called a hacker to welcome in the games. you don't want to mess with them. i'm done for now and i want to go get a half pint of harvey's bitters and sit back to watch what is the greatest opening ceremonies in the history of olympics and i speak as a proud

brit, mitt romney. now i toss over to fredricka whitfield, and good day to you whitfield, and good day to you all. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hello, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. in this hour, mitt romney manages to make headlines with foot in mouth mments that offended the british prime minister and the mayor of london and other stories that we are following and right to it. people are mopping up and assess ing the damage in parts of the northeast today and a series of severe storms swept through communities in new jersey and pennsylvania and new york and the storms left hundreds of thousands of customers without power. a brooklyn man was killed after lightning hit a church causing a scaffold to fall on him. a falling tree crushed a pennsylvania woman's car. >> i was coming home from the grocery store and the sky was pitch black and next thing you

know the back door swinging open and my son is yelling from the front of the house, get out here and get out here, and came out and watching the trees fall and it is chaos. >> we will check in with the cnn severe weather center in a little bit. all right. the long awaited facebook stock reach ed a new low today. despite a better than expected earnings report the stock was down the $23, a 40% drop from the initial offering price back in may. >> and mitt romney at the ending the opening ceremony for the olympics in london a few hours from now, and romney is trying to recover from the remarks questioning whether the city is ready. he has since tried to smooth things over, but the british papers are showing no mercy. jim acosta reports now from london. >> mitt romney would like to take the torch to some of the headlines coming out of london newspapers. the "sun" dubbed him mitt the

twit and over in the "daily mail" dubbed him the party pooper after he questioned whether london was ready for the olympic games and that drew sharp responses from the prime minister and the mayor of london. mitt romney has back pedalled and walked back some of the commen comments. in an interview with our own piers morgan, he sidestepped the question and said that london is ready for the games. >> you have been slightly criticized for knocking the british enthusiasm as if you have not picked up on the enthusiasm, and have you seen it n now? >> well, i was excited to see the enthusiasm around the torch. last night i watched an entire program on the bbc about the torchf and the millions of people who turned out to the see the torch. that is what you hope to see. >> reporter: and boris johnson did whip up a crowd of 60,000 people here in london at a p preolympics party and taunting the gop contender about his comments for the readiness of

the games, but since then, his office says he has made more positive comments of mitt romney after hearing that the gop conte contender has walked back some of the comments, but meanwhile, mitt romney has a light schedule today and he met with the leader of ireland and during that exchange he was asked about the fact that he had to walk to that event, because of all of the traffic restrictions here in london and romney went on the say, he did not mind the walk and safe to say, he is walking on egg shells in london before the olympics begin. fredricka? >> thank you, so much. and today marks one week since the horrific movie theater massacre that left 12 people dead and 58 wounded. funerals will be held through the weekend for those killed. we understand that 12 victims are still in the hospital. don lemon is in aurora, colorado, and so, don, give me the condition of the survivors. >> and fred, as you said, 12 are still in the hospital, and we should say that 45 people treated and released from the hospital, and 12 still in there,

and of the 12, five in critical condition and six in fair condition and one in serious condition, but fred, as you and i know from covering the stories there are physical stars they will live with forever and no doubt emotional scars for the next weeks and months. >> and don, a memorial takes place behind you, there and a number of funerals. when you talk about people who are trying to pick up the pieces and recover and how about the people who lived in the same building where james holmes once lived, and they were evacuated and you know, not allowed to return for nearly a week. have you had a chance to talk to them or what are their feelings? >> we did. cnn did have a chance to talk to them, and we were, our cameras were rolling yesterday when police allowed, started to allow people to go back in permanently. at first they were allowed to go back there to get some of their belong inings to get to where e they were staying to a hotel or relative, but yesterday they

took down the police tape and allow ed them wider access, but the interesting thing, fred, is that some folks are choosing not to go back. they are choosing to go back to get their things, but not comfortable yet. most of the people are choosing not the stay permanently, but a few of them said, i am glad to be back to sleep in my own bed and hopefully things will start to get back to normal soon, but i think that it is interesting because of all of the explosive s that investigators say that were in that apartment, that a lot of people are not comfortable going there to stay there permanently. yes, fred? >> yes, don, and some people still suspect some residual explosives in the unit and it does not make them safe or they don't like the eerie feeling, the knowledge that all of that was once in there? >> i think it is a combination of that, and i also think that to add to that, the looky lou to so speak, this is the apartment where the suspected shooter live

and threatened to blow up and also the media. yesterday when they took down the police tape, the police kindly asked the media to leave at least the immediate property, and so still in the periphery, you can see the media there, but mostly on the property, they are asking the media not to be there, so that the lookk lous are not comfortable being there, and also with the media presence as well. a combination of things. >> don lemon, thank you so much from aurora, colorado, and we will see you throughout the weekend. don has a special this weekend called "madness at midnight, a search for answers in aurora." that will air saturday at 8:00 p.m. right here on cnn. this is what else we are working on in this hour. counting down to the olympic opening sar mceremonies a few h away. we will tell you what to expect and who to watch. conrad murray, the doctor convicted in michael jackson's death makes an offer to the late pop star's mother. we will tell you why he wants a conversation in prison. and a multistate outbreak of hepatitis c.

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>> yes, incredibly. we don't usually come out to look at the venuer to audience before and you look out here and it is buzzing, fantastic. >> reporter: they are expecting 60,000 or 70,000 people here tonight. >> yes, it is going to be an amazing thing. and in fact, getting on stage here tonight is our ekwif lent of doing the 4x 100 meters relay, you know. >> and so when you said that this is the headman hill of the olympic stadium if you haven't gotten tickets was you, was it? >> yes. >> and if you haven't gotten tickets, you weren't dissing it, were you? >> no, it is a different vibe here. and it is going to be a massive production and danny boil you have to believe him, and it is going to be full of suits and cameras, but here, if you are in a band, i'd rather play to an audience than to that, so for us, this is where it is. >> so you still get that buzz, an audience this size.

>> yes, this is the biggest show in london that i can recall. we have played some big shows, but i don't remember anything as grand as this. >> you have been on tour now for nearly two years and are you pleased it is coming to an end? >> yes. >> in a word. >> absolutely, yes. >> it has been a long one. and it has been a great project. we had a new album out a year and a half ago, and it is now not such a new album, but it is a lot of mileage left in the songs, but it is something that you get to the point where you know it is time to get a rest and recharge the batteries and get new ideas to come out with a new album. >> all right. all new stuff you are talking out, but we will hear some of the old greats tonight, aren't we? >> of course. i mean, we know that our audience, and those songs. my wife came to see madonna and she was horrified and i'm not dissing madonna, because she is a huge fan, but she did not play a couple of the really big songs and we like to please the audience. >> and we know the anthems tonight.

chaps, thank you very much indeed. the boys from duran duran playing here in about just before 9:00, i believe, london time which is in about three hours' time, and the gig kicking off here in about 45 minutes. and you can really begin to feel the excitement, not just here at hyde park tonight, but across london and around the country. >> wow. so becky, this is all free to the public or do people have to have tickets in order to get into that area or do you stroll into that section of hyde park and voila, a big old concert? >> no. there is quite a lot of security going on here, and you have to apply for tickets earlier when you have snow patrol and follies playing here, and so these are big headlining guys, and a lot of people want to see them. and you can hear them shout iin their names behind me here in the audience. you needed tickets to get in, because there is an awful lot of security as you can imagine across london at present, and not just here, but in every

other stadium, particularly out there at olympic park night. >> yeah, let's not get carried away here. i got too overzealous there. becky anderson, thank you so much, with duran duran. all right. we head over to olympic park and you have to have a special pass to get over there and a ticket or two, and zain verjee is there and let's talk about what is happening in your purview. >> i don't have a special pass and i don't have me any tickets. >> oh, yes, you do. >> no. >> but then you show up and zain verjee, of course, come on in. >> so the tickets are going for about $2,000 or $3,000 right now, okay. if you are desperate to get into the olympic ceremonies. >> ouch. >> that is what they are going for. and danny boyle is the one who is the award winning director has put together this amazing performance that is going to happen in less than three hours behind me. now, he is really known for movies about zombies and drug addicts, right, but we won't see

either one in this performance and what he is doing is to focus on the theme of "tempest" here by william shakespeare, and the one is magical wonderfulment, and fantastical, and we will see many things combined behind me in awe if ur hos. >> and some things were difficult to keep under wraps because in dress rehearsal they had people outside who had to be corralled before going in and we saw sneak peeks of farm animals and women in, you know, nursing gear. and we hear a rumor that james bond must, 007 must make the appearance in some fashion, right? >> right, exactly. kind of a weird and wonderful exciting mix, right. let's see how all of that act l actually turns out, but there is going to be plenty of sheep and the best of britain agriculture and livestock will be going around the olympic stadium. we will have some geese, but actually the idea is more to

show the his ttorical part of t country, the agricultural side and move to industrial era and then to modern england and talk about social media, but yeah, james bond and lord voldemort from "harry potter" and kings and queens and superstars and anyone who is anyone, and the who's who of the world will be behind me in a few hours. so, yeah, the show seems like it is going to be fabulous and we will see how 007 ends up in the stadium. it is said to be quite dramatic, but we will see. >> 007 has to be spectacular and could it be that he would be the one to light the olympic torch? >> oh, if i tell you i would have to kill you, fred. >> oh, you do know. >> if i knew i would not say. >> okay. darn, darn. >> i don't want to ruin everything, fred. but who actually is going to light the olympic calderon is a big secret.

the oishl ifs are keeping it close to the chest, and i will do the same. >> all right. fine. >> i don't really know. >> okay. that makes me feel better now, and good, that you are not keep keeping any secrets. thank you, zain. we will check back with you thereo throughout the day. we will leave the olympics for a moment, and just when you thought here in the states that the jackson family drama could not get more bizarre, well, conrad murray sends michael jackson's mom an invitation from behind bars and why he wants kathleen jackson to visit him in prison. you've earned the right to know. ♪ ...so what does it mean for you and your family? [ female announcer ] you've earned the facts. ♪ washington may not like straight talk, but i do. [ female announcer ] and you've earned a say. get the facts and make your voice heard on medicare and social security at earnedasay.org.

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jacks jackson's grandson has been granted guardianship? >> yes, we just heard that it went down this morning that it outlines basically a modified custody plan between katherine jackson and t.j. jackson who is a cousin of michael jackson's kids who was given this temporary guardianship, and now they are going to be basically sharing the duties in terms of raising michael's kids and the co-guardianship, and sharing the job. this is going to give katherine jackson wh jackson, who has been tremendous stress lately to focus on the kids and t.j. is going to be handling day to day responsibilities like household personnel and security and issues involving the children at school. it is an agreement just reached and also prince, paris and blanket had a say in this. they wanted to make sure that the children were comfortable with this move. they have known t.j. all of

their life, and they have been very, very close and seemed logical to share the responsibilities and take some load off of katherine jackson. >> my goodness. to add on to the whole bizarre thing, and now we are talking about conrad murray who is extending an invitation to mrs. jackson, and would she take him up on that? something she invited? >> well, you know, this gets bizarre when conrad murray is brought into the picture, fred. this is the last thing that katherine jackson wants to deal with this week, but conrad murray is inviting her to meet with him in prison. he released a statement to cnn through the lawyers, that i am told that she has a desire to speak to me before she departs the life, and because she is up in age, and questionable health and mother of the dear and departed friend it would give me great pleasure to sit down with her one-on-one and answer any questions that she might have, and he thinks that a meeting between them would put katherine at peace, and of course, with the very public family battles, this is probably not on the top

of her things the do list. >> well, this is odd timing and especially for her. >> yes, absolutely. but we have to see, because this case, this story is so bizarre and maybe the next report is that she is going to be accepting the offer, but it seems unlikely right now. >> and apparently katherine jackson did meet with the attorney for the first time when she mysteriously vanished and then turned out to the be with the family members and nothing significant or the prelude to the new agreement? >> the prelude of meeting with him and trying to iron it out, because katherine, and that is what prompted the move back to l.a. when she found out that her guardianship had been temporarily stripped. she wanted to get to the bottom of this and the consensus was, let's e he ee's help you share responsibilities of the kids and not be so stressed out. we are hoping it is the start of something positive and a lot of negative news involving this family in the beginning of the week, so at least this part has been ironed out. >> kareen wynter, thank you so

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that long awaited facebook stock reached a new low today despite a better than expected earnings report the stock was down to $23 and a 40% drop from the initial offering price from back in may. we are joined by maribelle from the new york stock exchange and what is go g ing on here? the company earnings beat the estimates, but it is still tank i ing. >> well, it is good, but not quite good enough. the revenues rose 32% and beating the expectations, but not enough to impress wall street. facebook says the attempts to make money from the mobile phone advertising is starting to pay off, but the analysts wanted more details off how to boost the revenue and there are other concerns about whether facebook

is spending too much money. the facebook's expenses nearly quadrupled from a year ago because of some of the major acquisitions. and fredricka, on top of all of that, a we talk about the forwa guidance and how that is just as important as the earnings and the fact that facebook did not give any is huge. they are still trading around $23 a share. fredricka? >> how are the stocks reacting to the slight ly better than expected report on the economy today? >> well, it is big gains today for the stocks. the rally has picked up some steam throughout the session, and the dow industrials tommed at 13,000 mark for the first time since the beginning of may, and the gdp report came in better than expected and shows that the economy is growing, but growth is slowing, and that is leaving some investors hopeful that the fed will decide to pu p p some stimulus in when they meet next week. >> thank you so much. good to see you. a multistate outbreak of

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hundreds and maybe thousands of hospital patients. they say he has the disease and used patient's syringes to inject himself with painkillers and then the needles were reused on patients. so far 30 cases alone in new hampshire are linked to the former medical technician. excu excuse me. senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen in boston now. tell us more. >> fredricka, what we are learning is pretty incredible. what we are learning and i talked to someone yesterday that one of the patients who now needs to be tested in new hampshire, and he said that he knew him not only from the hospital, but he also knew him socially outside of the hospital, and he said that the minute he heard about the drug diversion where health care workers use drugs meant for patients and the minute he heard about drug diversion he thought of david. >> i suspected, but i never thought i would be right.

>> so when you heard of drug diversion, you thought of david? >> almost immediately. >> why? >> his oddness. i mean, i don't have anything else to say, but it is that i thought he was an odd guy. >> now ron cross, the man we just met, he has tested negative for the hep tie sis so far, but he won't know until next month whether he is negative for sure, because it can take about six months for these tests to work the way they are supposed to. >> my goodness. how do you actually track down all of these, you know, patients who may have been potentially exposed to the hep c? >> i mean, it is going to be a real incredible task in all eight of the states. i mean n new hampshire alone, they have to track down, and it is around 4,000 people, phone calls, letters and, fredricka, it is so important that people get contacted, because hepatitis c, if you don't treat it over time, it can make your liver fail and kill you and it is so important that the patients get

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roadside bombs killing and taking the limbs of american troops. in 11 years of fighting in afghanistan and iraq, more than 1,500 arms and legs have been lost in ied explosions. it is also the number one killer, and now u.s. congress investigating that ied software has been denied to some units. barbara starr joins us on this,

and what exactly does this software do and if it is so important why woun't we see that the troops wouldn't t it? >> well, that is exactly what the pentagon is investigating, fredricka, and some members of congress are calling for the additional investigation into all of this and wondering if the pentagon can investigate itself or the u.s. army, but back to something that you said. number one killer of u.s. troops, and that is why it is so important. 891 u.s. lives lost in afghanistan to ieds and more than 10,000 wounded since the war began there, and this is of course just afghanistan, and it does not even count iraq. what are we talking about? well, the army has a commercially developed, and developed by a contractor a software system that collects historic data on the ieds and the cell phone data and in a high-tech way predicts within that data where ied attacks might come from, and the pattern

of attacks and the army has a similar system it developed itself. the allegation is that the army might have deroyed the test data of the private system which apparently, apparently works better than what the army developed in-house, and it is denying that system to troops in the field, even the 82nd airborne division asked for this privately developed better system, and was denied it. all of this now leading to an investigation, and how is it that the troops could really after all of this time be denied what some people say is the best technology the do to do the job save lives. >> is the investigation revealing anything in terms of how that may have happened or a real timetable of the investigation? >> well, i have to tell you that no one is speaking about it very much publicly. the pentagon will only say that secretary of defense panetta has confidence in the army to

investigate itself in this matter, and to get to the bottom of all of this, and why is the system being denied? were test reports actually destroyed? what is going on here. but some members of congress that are on the house armed services committee and other committees are saying, wait a minute, you know, there needs to be an outside looking at all of this and they are calling for their own investigation into what is going on. >> barbara starr at the pentagon. thank you very much. >> sure. there are growing concerns about syria's chemical weapons and we take look at what is going on there. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve.

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fighting today across syria has left at least 70 people dead, according to the opposition. this is a protest march in the city of aleppo which has been besieged by government forces. the opposition has posted video of an alleged government massacre in a neighborhood there, and witnesses say that the military forces indiscriminantly shelled homes and they used mortars and gunships in the bombardment. i want to bring in cnn intelligence correspondent in aspen who is there for a security conference under way there, and suzanne, there is a

growing concern about syria using chemical weapons in the conflict. what do you know about the possibility? >> well, we know that the syrian government has come out to say they will only be used against foreign sources, but the question among u.s. officials is whether the assad regime has control of the biological and chemical weapons within the country. it is still a concern that they may fall into the wrong hands. i spoke to the counterterrorism expert here yesterday, and we spoke about libya and how difficult it was for them to secure weapons in libya. >> it is similar to situations that we faced in other countries such as libya and we were concerned about the status of the weapons that the regime had and making sure that we understood where the weapons were and that it didn't fall into the wrong hands. >> well, it did not go so well. >> well, we are looking in libya where the weapons may be and concerns that weapons in libya have fallen into the hands of

groups like lal qaeda and al ghraib. >> well, you can see that they are taking this serious. and we are not only cosponsoring a forum here, but there is an excellent article posted by general mike hayden which talks more broadly about the concerns in syria and what could happen in the road ahead. i point you to that article, fred. >> and what is the status of the chemical and/or biological weapons? >> well, it is a great question. they have had challenges of getting the intelligence on the ground in syria for a number of reasons and relying very much on the international partners. so you know, i can tell you that it is my opinion in speaking to the people i have spoken to that they don't have 100% certainty, and that there is concern there about how secure they are, but it is going to be difficult to get anyone from the administration to say that on the record. >> all right.

suzanne kelly, thank you so much in aspen. all right. at least two people are dead and hundreds of thousands without power after severe storms pound the northeast. the cleanup and where the storms might hit today. hello, everyone, here on help desk today, we are talking about how the pay for college. with me are donna rosato and greg olson our experts. donna, this question came in for you. >> how bad for my children when they go the college in eight years he is going off, what is the college debt going to be like, and how are we going the pay it down? >> it is a question that i hear over and over. >> oh, yeah, these are scary times. today, someone who at the ends a public school pays $30,000 a year of private school, $60,000 a year. and those are daunting numbers and the department of education says that if the numbers continue on the same rate within 15 by 2016, the payment for a college education, the tab is doubled in the past 15 years, but, you know, that is the sticker price. you are not going to -- you

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these numbers just in as we continue to watch your money. looking at the dow, it is up 190 points and counting despite the united states' economy slowing in the second quarter amid weak consumer spending and government cuts and a rise from imports from foreign countries and now up 190 points. we will continue to watch the dow for you. in the meantime, people are mopping up and assessing the damage in parts of the northeast today. a series of severe storms swept

through communities in new jersey, pennsylvania and new york yesterday. the storms left hundreds of thousands of people without power. a brooklyn man was killed after lightning hit a church causing a scaffold to fall on him. and a falling tree crushed a pennsylvania woman in her car. falling tree crushed a pennsylvania woman in her car. we're tracking this from the cnn weather center. this storm just seemed to sweep in but a very threatening dangerous one. >> absolutely. the biggest threat i'll show you were the wind and hail reports. it was a widespread wind event that kind of barrels through. here is the radar. you can see yesterday at 2:00 in the afternoon. you can detroit through pittsburgh. this line moving from ohio. you can see how coalesced it was. new york, philadelphia, you can see northwest of washington. now i want to show you the reports that we saw. this kind of line held its way together for about 400 miles.

over 300 severe weather reports. most of it hail and strong winds and two reported tornadoes. current radar, much more benign. we are watching two lines. here is one. you can see south of elmira. east and south of erie moving through. that's why washington, d.c. is under the gun. maybe an isolated tornado tonight but nowhere near as severe as yesterday. >> we're keeping a close watch on the weather in london. that's where the olympics are under way. it's been raining and then beautiful sunshine and now what? >> it was the wettest june on record. i'm sure organizers were frightful of what they could see. it's been warm the last couple of day, in the 80s. average high is 75 degrees. today 73. london time, 9:00. what we're going to see is 68 degrees and the rain there's a small chance for rain.

there's this cold front moving through. probably bring off a few showers but by the time 9:00 time comes it will be over if they see anything before that. here is the forecast. next ten days, in the last few days in the 80s. average in the 70s. they'll be in the 60s. a chance for a few showers. that could be impactful for outdoor events. >> we'll see how much it does impact. he brought home eight gold medals in beijing. would this year be his last run for the gold? plus a talk with the mother of his biggest rival. 

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the sights and sounds as britain welcomes the world. big ben rang in the day. the famous clock chimed more than 40 times. then people across the country joined in for ringing bells for three minutes. the olympic torch set off on its final leg. it was carried down on the royal barge to power bridge. the flame is now out of public view until the opening ceremony when the caldron is lit. michael phelps competes tomorrow. he'll be swimming in the 400 meeting individual medley.

pires morgan sat down with him. let's hear what he has to say. >> who are your sporting idols? >> michael jordan. >> why him? >> he changed basketball. on and off the court, he made basketball what it is. >> have you met him? >> never met him. >> what would you ask him if you were able to meet michael jordan? >> i've had that thought a lot. >> what's the thing you're most curious about with him? >> i think part of me would ask him about what made him come back to the sport. what made him go to baseball and then come back to basketball. i think one of the coolest things i love about him is it didn't matter what he had going

on off the court or if he was sick or this or that, he never used it as an excuse. he came out every single night on the court and did what he had to do to get the job done. that's what champions do. doesn't matter what else is going on. when you walk into your arena or whatever you excel it, you're there to take care of the job that you have to do. >> you can see michael phelps entire interview monday 9:00 p.m. eastern time. piers morgan spoke to ryan lochte's mother. the two are not just rivals, theyre actually friends. let's listen to his mom. >> i got to see ryan as a surprise two days ago. >> great. how is he feeling? >> wonderful. he's like fooling around. >> is this pressure slightly off run? do you think the pressure is on michael phelps?

he won eight medals in beijing. if he doesn't win them all, people will say he's not as good as he has to be. ryan ishe new guy. probably a little less pressure. >> i don't think ryan feels there's pressure on him. i think he's done everything he needs to do and the outcome will come at the end of the race. >> i know they are good friends and have great respect for each other. let's be honest, you're rooting for your boy to take the phelps down. >> not to take him down but to win. it's a difference. i don't want him to lose but i don't want my son, i want my son to win. >> diplomatically said. they were blowing off steam with the rest of the u.s. olympic swim team. check out what they posted. it's they're own kind of call me maybe video. ♪

♪ . >> having a little fun. for those of you don't know that song is by carlyjepson. it's all over the internet and this one too. >> much more continues with brooke baldwin. i know that song will continue to play in your head. >> thanks for that fred. it's stuck in my head for the rest of the day. safe travels to london. here we go. a lot to get to. first, all eyes on syria. we have been showing you the map. it's important to talk about the lay of the land and more cracks today in the syrian, in the armor of bashar assad. we've told you about the city in alep aleppo. it's new york city. syrian government forces are massing around aleppo for a

showdown with the rebels there. now the rebels claim to have captured this army installation. you see it here. this is video released today via youtube. they claim to have captured another police station. remember the burnt out charred station. this is yet another one and the expected government push against the aleppo rebels still is yet to happen. it hasn't happen and there are suggestions the syrian army is stretched so thin it cannot enter the city of aleppo, not in the numbers it needs to take on these insurgents. that ape side, what you're about to see here is disturbing. this is the aftermath of government shelling. this is near a round about. you see the blood on the sheets. unconfirmed reports says this killed 15 people and wounded more than 20. government forces continue to shell parts of the city from

their positions in the south. we're going play this. it's an ominous warn fing from e u.s. state department. >> we have grave concerns in and around aleppo. this is the concern that whether he see a massacre in aleppo. that's what the regime appears to be lining up for. >> did you hear the word she used? she said massacre. the obama administration justified action against libya. we're going to touch on that later. first, cnn's ivan watson has reached a town outside of aleppo. he is there with the rebels. >> reporter: syrian rebel fighters show off captured weapons of war. these are the largest guns we have seen yet. a vehicle mounted morter and an

anti-aircraft gun mounted eed o pickup truck. this one was gotten use in battle. a couple of weeks ago i shot down a helicopter, a bus driver who is now a rebel. momentums later a helicopter flies high overhead. we're looking at a helicopter that's circling over this town now. we're hearing gunfire. this is what scares the fighters that most. this is what has been killing the most rebels that we've come across. this chopper came from the em battled city of aleppo located six miles away from the rebel held town. nay say they are fighting for freedom from the assad regime. they have succeeded of pushing out government security forces but look at the costs. there isn't a single civilian

resident left in this town. it's been blasted and is almost completely deserted except for fighters. the town is scarred by artillery fire and empty. this is whey this town is so deserted. two days ago three people were driving this small vehicle, small truck up this road and they were hit from a military check point. it looks like right about here. it still smells like rotting flesh. a fighter says there's a government army base out in the farm land a few miles away and the soldiers there fire at us. bullets whiz overhead as we film a defaced statue. we find a squad of rebels in a mansion take up temporary residents. they show me an entire armory of weapons that are captured from syrian security forces.

it's a small arsenal stacked up next to the original house owner's guilded chairs and pillows. >> have you captured armor? what happened to the guy? >> reporter: he died the rebel commander says. god willing he went to hell. they don't show off by constantly firing their weapons in the air. syria's rebels aren't getting nearly as much help from the outside world. for these firefighters every bullet is precious. ivan watson, cnn, syria. >> thank you. we're getting word we have a correspondent on the ground somewhere. we can't tell you where. we're working on getti intin it connection with him. a lot else is happening.

watch this. one of hollywood's biggest producers behind some of the most violent films in history says in the wake of the colorado massacre it may be time to look in the mirror. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. bath salt bust. more than a hundred city, millions of dollars and the chase for a deadly drug. plus, the countdown is on. olympic fever beginning tonight. i'll tell you which moments keep an eye on. and. >> i love thin chins. >> kids bullied for their looks getting free plastic surgery. right or wrong? dr. sanja gupta joins me live. would you mind if i go ahead of you? instead we had someone go ahead of him and win fifty thousand dollars.

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of siecivilization. one of the oldest cities in the world. incredible landmarks and history and a massacre could be unfolding in aleppo. i want to bring in javier who is in aleppo. just begin with, tell me what you see on the ground as far as rebels and also as far as government forces. >> reporter: well, what i have seen is almost half of the city and the rebel forces who control all the avenues, control everything in that part of the city to the east and some parts of the north and south as well. the army, the army from bashar is controlling the airport and the west. they are just running the city. they are running the police. they are running the hospitals. they are running everything and

for the moment, the past two days, the shelling has diminished a bit. it's not like the days before. it's increasing because they are expecting an offensive tomorrow. they have seen 80 tanks arriving nearby by the city. they are expecting this attack tomorrow. >> let me jump in because you say tomorrow. yesterday we had been reporting today, i know the anticipation really has been building for this offensive, for this attack. do we know why it's taking so long for these government troops to get to the city? >> reporter: well, those troops are coming from italy in a long convoy that left that area some days ago. they were there in italy before coming here. they were ambushed.

they didn't arrive like until last night. they arrived last night. also special forces. in the meantime what is happening in the city is they are still lot of helicopters shooting against the buildings. shooting randomly. they are not shooting against the army. they are shooting against the buildings without any purpose. maybe to make afraid the people and make them to leave. as i said, the schilling from tanks left a couple of days ago. >> we've seen the pictures of the helicopters and the shelling. the fear and anticipation of what will be must be palpable. >> reporter: yes. they are collecting food and medicines. they are setting up new hospitals. i was in one today.

they are setting up all over. the people are really afraid of what is going to happen. as i told you, these past days have been a little bit quiet. they said they were very afraid about this. they think maybe they will launch a huge attack tomorrow to demolish everything. a lot of people are leaving. i saw lots of civilians leaving every day. when we were entering there was a huge convoy of cars, dozens of cars leaving. every day we see people leaving. >> what are they telling you? are they fleeing north, heading into turkey? >> reporter: they are heading into turkey. most of them are heading and also to iran. what's happening is from aleppo to the north to the border all that area is being fleed as

well. they don't feel safe enough they go to turkey. >> okay. javier is saying this offensive will happen tomorrow. stay safe. we appreciate your reporting inside the country of syria. coming up, another big story we're watching overseas. today is the big day. opening ceremony openin openin opening ceremonies. we're at the exclusive el chorro lodge

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sounding. 40 chimes from big ben. all of it is building up to a pretty exciting vent tonight, the opening ceremony for the london olympics 2012. it's less than two hours away. tv viewers cannot see it until tonight. i can show you the lay of the olympic land. here is london. i've been to london a couple of times. i was so thrilled to go to cover the diamond jubilee for the queen. let me show you around. first, you have bucki ininbucki palace. it's the royal standard flag. you know when the royal standard flag is flying high, you know the queen is in residence. big ben renamed elizabeth tower. talking to londoners and no one really calls it that. in honor of the diamond jubilee,

that's why you have the elizabeth power. westminister bridge. this is what we need to talk about. six miles this way you have the olympic park and you have this. this the the olympic stadium. this is what we're going to be sitting at home watching. i saw this and thought what is this? this is this red structure. some 377 feet in the middle of all this that will stay here and be this landmark for the olympic games in the london. this is the aquatic center where we will be watching our swimmers compete and the olympic village is where 10,500 or so athletes will be staying. down here, this is the huge arena. the o2 arena will be hosting the

gymnastics. now that you know london, the city has been preparing for this summer for years and years. here is a time lapse for you. nothing everything has gone flawlessly today specifically for the british sports secretary. see how his enthusiasm got away from him. >> when there are things that do according to plan london will cope in the way it always has. my goodness. are you all right? a terrible move there. >> oops. i hope the bell didn't hit anyone. we have alex thomas with the details that we can know about this whole opening ceremony that we'll be watching this evening. what will danny boyle do

tonight? i heard it had something to do with horses, chicken and geese. >> reporter: that's just the buffet menu. i can't give away the surprise. they've had an effective media campaign with the hashtag save the surprise. we've been hearing and seeing some of the rehearsals on the big screens all week. we're not really allowed to give too many details although organizers have leaked some. you said that danny boyle is overseeing it. it's called t eed the isles of . england and the uk has a reputation for being a green and pleasant land. i'm sure that will feature in the opening ceremony somewhere. all opening ceremonies like to tell the tale of the country's history, past, present, maybe

its future. what else is the uk famous for? we can turn out the odd good pop star song now and then. the beagles have been blasting. that's not giving a surprise away. if you were walking past outside, you could hear that. those are a few little hints. i know people have been inside and they it's mind blowing. >> very good. thank you so much. he's tauking about how we're so excited for tonight and the opening ceremonies. a lot of talk has been on security there. dan rivers has more on that. more than 18,000 british troops are helping protect the athletes and fans. dan. >> reporter: brook, the olympic security operation is well under way across london and the other venues around britain. we have been touring around the capitol to get a perspective on

the different security forces that are in place. we're told that nine and a half thousands police are here. there are 18,200 soldiers and well as private security guards. a week ago the private security firm was unable to provide all the security. they are trying to reassure everyone they have done everything they can to make the games safe. sgl >> michelle obama is in london showing how they're supporting the stripes. what did mrs. obama tell the brits? >> she's the cheerleader in

chief. she said when she met the team just try to have some fun. she said relax and breathe a little bit. they are all taking a deep breath before they start their competitions. she also said she's in awe of them and been really inspired by them. she also said she kind of grew up watching the olympics on tv and was always amazed by the athletes and watch the competition all the time. it was amazing to be here as well. she spent a bit of time at winfield house which is the name for the embassy here in london. she met kids who are from military families as well as kids from london and lower proo privileged areas too. she will be here along with 137 heads of state. people are excited and beginning to gather. there's a good track flow into the stadium. we're feeling a bit of rain on our back.

>> oh, no. the british summer is back. take cover. amazing reporting. thank you so much. if you look at the mascots through there years and think what is that? here you go. you have winlock and mandville each detickpicting a piece of s. it is pretty unprecedented. a hollywood power player known for violent movies says it may be time afterall for the industry to take a look in the mirror. you'll want to stick around to hear this conversation.

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it's time for hollywood to take a look in the mirror. that's what a big producer is saying. he's calling for a summit of the top film makers to talk about how the violence in the movies might inspire real life carnage. yes, i'm talking about the same harvey weinstein responsible for movie moments like these. he has very long list of movie credits but he's also pointing the finger at himself. listen to what he said. i think we should sit down and

hopefully all of us who deal in violence in movies and discuss our role in that. i want to welcome michael philli phillips. hearing this quote from harvey weinstein. do you think this colorado massacre will change the way he and other top name producers will make movies? >> it's probably a mixture. i don't know him but it's probably a mixture of a little grand standing and a little bit of sincerity. it's a sobering moment from a guy like this who never misses an opportunity to exploit anything whether for good or will. >> you're not fully buying it is what i'm hearing? >> i'm not against it either. i think right now the whole

country in the way of the aurora movie theater massacre it's polarized into this notion you either believe had everything to do with what is floating around in the popular culture and what is seen on our movie screens or it has nothing to do with it. i think the truth is, i suspect, somewhere in the middle and i suspect he and others would say the same. maybe something good will come out of it. >> it was this time one week ago when we were reporting on what happened in aurora. i want to talk about the suspected shooter. we have seen these pictures of flame red hair. he told police he was the joker. do you think that violent movies truly inspire people, not just to think about ill things and acts but to act and kill or do they just shape these horrible fantasies that are already there? >> i don't think it's necessarily either in a clear cut way. i think there's been plenty of cases of copy cat killings.

plenty of very violent films from taxi driver to national born killers. they have in some way or another ended up in the news as part of either some sort of stalking or killing or something. the trick and the difficulty is you cannot legislate artistic quality. i might find taxi driver truly brilliant and amight have next to no use for something like national born killers. am i to say one did or did not inspear horrible real life events and the other didn't. i think there are more factors at work. >> the movie itself. dark knight rises made $160 million in that opening weekend

alone. presales do account for some of that. this is a market that makes these hollywood types a lot of money for violence. should we let one man here ruin going to the movies for the rest of us? >> we shouldn't. the short ans is no we shouldn't. the movie industry goes back and has a history of a very uneasy relationship with its own product. in the early '30s you had hollywood studios putting out arguing this violence content is not helping the country's crime rate. the image of gangerism and things kind of clamp down for a while. it was the same with the comic book industry in the '50s. you had the comics code put into place. i don't know if we're ripe or

due for something else, a new equivalent of that now. one good thing that could come out of a town hall meeting is keeping the discussion alive among film mamakers who have ma violent films. i'd like to hear what they have to say. >> to have all these guys and gals in a room. we'll see if it happens. thousands of people on edge waiting to be tested for hepatitis c. cnn is just hearing of a major development in the case against the man accused of spreading this. ♪ ♪ i want to go ♪ i want to win [ breathes deeply ] ♪ this is where the dream begins ♪

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my question to you is what? >> i know. it is amazing that this could happen. here is what happened. federal officials say that he used drugs that were meant for patients and gave the patients tainted syringes. it's believed that 30 people in new hampshire were infected with hepatitis c because of him. they were infected in 2011 and 2012. now we've learned that he was forced, he surrendered his license in 2010. in 2010 he gave up his license to practice. this was after they started an investigation when a fellow employee found him passed out in the men's locker room. i'll read to you a quote from

the investigation. i looked in and found dave lying on his back in the bathroom stall. i looked in the toilet and spotted a 5 ccsyringe and a needle floating in the water. he then said expletive, i'm going to jail. right after this happened, as i said he sur rended his license. i want to read you the letter he wrote. he said, this is word for word. to whom it concerns, i am sur rernded my arizona license at will because i don't have the resources nor money to fight the accusations and willing to wait to be eligible for reenstated in three years. >> he surrenders his arizona looi license, but then what next?

>> he left the state and a few weeks later he starts working as a technician in a philadelphia hospital. i have to look at any list because the list is long. the next month he goes to work in kansas. five months later at a hospital in georgia and six months later he goes to work in new hampshire. >> how it is possible he goes from this different groups and states. isn't that next hospital doing some kind of background check. how did this happen? >> the way it's supposed to work is when there's an incident like what happened in arizona, it's supposed to be reported to the state licensing board. we spoke to folks there and they said yes, it was reported to us. i said did you share this information with other states? did you share this with the national organization that represents these boards? the director said i'm not sure. he said i'm not sure if i did or if i didn't. i don't know. it's really not clear if this information stayed in arizona or

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for androgel 1.62%. what are you waiting for? this is big news. most kids dreads going back to school after their summer vacation. for one in five it's especially difficult because they face being bullied because of how

they look. some believe the only way out is by getting plastic surgery. there's a group that's going to extra mile to help them. dr. sanjay gupta tells one girl's story. >> reporter: it's parent's nightmare. >> i used to be very talkative when i was a kid. now i'm shy and rather now talk to anyone. i'm anti-social now. >> reporter: children bullied for their physical appearance. for 14-year-old nadia, the bullying started in first grade. >> there was this girl, she came up to me and says, you have the biggest ears i've ever seen. i'm like, i was speechless. i didn't think about it until she said that. >> reporter: she's heard dumbo, elephant ears and much worse. seven years of torment, so with drawn, still so hard to talk about. >> do you remember the worst sort of taunting or teasing?

>> it happened a lot. it happened so many times that it all blends together that i don't remember. >> reporter: she was just ten years old when she asked her mom if she could have surgery to pin her ears back. she wanted them to stick out less all in an effort to stop the bullying. >> it's been dark place for you for some time it sounds like. >> it's been very depressing. >> reporter: her mom desperate to help turned to the internet and stumbled across the little baby face foundation. they offer free plastic surgery for children who are bullied because of their appearance and can't afford an operation. >> there may be people who say look, you don't need to do this. this is just who you are. it's the way you were born. people should love people for who they are. what do you say to those folks? >> i say they are right but it will never stop.

it will just keep going and get worse and worse. >> reporter: the foundation flew her and her mother from georgia to new york city for an all expense paid trip to this hospital. >> this will be our target ear. i'll match the other ear which is not as lateralized as this ear. >> reporter: in her application she asked to have her ears pinned back but dr. thomas romo recommended she change more than just her ears. >> i love thin chins. i don't want them as pointy as that chin. we talked about that. we looked at some pictures of some different people. their chins come off a little more square. that's exactly what we're going to do too. >> reporter: there was more. >> when i looked up inside her, the whole septum is going off this way. as the septum, so goes the nose.

>> she never talked about the nose or chin before? >> she did not. >> reporter: with her ears pinned back her nose and chin would be more pronounced. he said all three surgeries combined are necessary to balance out her features. >> any last thoughts as we're going into the o.r. here? >> nervous. excited. >> in some ways this has been seven years in the making. she just went under baa said she's been dreaming about this day for some time and now it's all happening for her. what dr. romo is doing is a reduction rhinoplasty. what might surprise people is that about 42% of ears are done on people under the age of 18. this four-hour operation would normally come with a price tag of about $40,000.

for nadia, it's free. here in the operating room when you see what's happening it gives you a good idea how significant bullying can be. kids become depressed. they can become anxious. she said it changed her entire personality. surgery alone won't wipe away the pain from the years of all that bullying. her mom hopes counselling will be the final step in the healing process. 72 hours post-op. she's still swollen but optim t optimistic as the bandages are removed and sees her new self for the first time. >> i look beautiful. it's exactly what i wanted. i love it. >> wow. sanjay, the whole time i'm thinking ive